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At KVC, we want every child and adult to be safe & connected to a strong family and a healthy community. We’re proud to be a leader in innovative, effective and compassionate care.
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We also provide consultation and training through the KVC Institute. Learn more about our software and technology.
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The Heart of Our Work
KVC helps health and human service agencies excel at caring for families with the most complex needs through a proven model that improves people’s health, their experience of care, and costs.
Focus Areas
- Overview of KVC’s Expertise
- Keeping Children Safe
- Keeping Families Safely Together
- Right-Sizing Congregate Care in Foster Care
- Preventing & Treating Childhood Trauma
- Suicide Prevention Expertise
- KVC’s Partnership with Sesame Street
- KVC Institute Overview
- Free Parenting Tips & Mental Health eBooks
- Consulting for Managed Care & Primary Health
- Consulting on Child Welfare & Behavioral Health
- Impact
- Events
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Children & Families Need You
Through KVC, you can strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help create a bright future where every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community. Please join us today!
- About Us
About KVC
KVC Health Systems is a national leader in mental health and child welfare. Our network of local nonprofits are driven by a common mission, vision and values to strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help children and adults achieve mental wellness.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Becoming a foster parent is the best way to help children who have experienced abuse, neglect or other family challenges. While most children in foster care are safely reunited with their birth families, some children need a permanent adoptive family. The process varies a little bit in each state, but always begins with contacting us! Click on your state to learn more: Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and West Virginia. We recently ended our Kentucky foster care program. Unfortunately, we do not have a foster care program in any other states at this time.
KVC Health Systems, headquartered in the greater Kansas City area, is a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that enriches and enhances the lives of nearly 60,000 children and families each year by providing medical and behavioral healthcare, social services, and education. KVC’s diverse continuum of services includes in-home family support, foster care, adoption, mental/behavioral healthcare, youth substance abuse treatment and psychiatric hospitals. The organization also indirectly benefits tens of thousands of people through its KVC Institute for Health Systems Innovation, which conducts research, training and consultation around the world. We employ over 1,600 employees operating from 35 locations in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky and West Virginia.
Services do vary in the five states that KVC currently operates in, which include Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Nebraska and West Virginia. Click on a state to learn more about specific services we provide.
No. We serve private-payer patients as well as children who receive state subsidies. Visit our KVC Hospitals’ website for more information and consider taking a tour of one of our facilities to learn more about how our professional staff can help you and your family.
Yes. KVC Health Systems hosts several major fundraising events in the Kansas City area each year in which community involvement and volunteering are welcome. Additionally, several events are coordinated in the four states we currently provide services in. Click the links to visit each state’s event calendar and learn how you can get involved: Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky and West Virginia
We are always looking for talented and dedicated individuals to join our team and help raise the bar in providing care to children and families in need. Visit our employment page for a current list of opportunities and instructions about how to apply.